BODY OF A 8-YEAR-OLD GIRL. AND FIRST, A LAST-MINUTE RULING IN THE GEORGE ZIMMERMAN TRIAL, THEY INSIST THAT WAS TRAVON MARTIN SCREAMING WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO TESTIFY. THE PROSECUTION WANTED THEM SO THIS IS A HUGE VICTORY FOR HIS DEFENSE. GOOD EVENING. THE RULING NOW GIVES LAWYERS JUST 39 HOURS TO PREPARE FOR OPENING STATEMENTS, FIRST THING MONDAY MORNING, AND NOW REACTION FROM THE DEFENSE ATTORNEY, AND CHRISTIAN, I WOULD EXPECT HE'S HAPPY ABOUT THIS. YES, HE SAYS IT'S THE RIGHT DECISION BECAUSE HE FEELS THAT THE STATE'S AUDIO EXPERTS WOULD HAVE CON FUSED THE JURY. WE WANT THE 9-1-1 CALL AND, WE DIDN'T WANT IT ANALYZED. THE PEOPLE THAT HE IS TALKING ABOUT ARE THE AUDIO EXPERTS, LIKE DOCK LORE ALLENWRIGHT, THE STATE'S MOST POWERFUL WITNESS, SAYING I'M BEGGING YOU, JUST BEFORE HE SHOOTS HIM. BUT, TODAY, THE JUDGE ISSUED A TWELVE PAGE RULING, SAYING HIS TESTIMONY, AS WELL AS THAT HAVE THOMAS OWEN, WILL NOT BE HEARD IN COURT. SHE WROTE THERE IS NO EVIDENCE TO ESTABLISH THAT THEY'RE SCIENTIVE PARTICULAR TECHNIQUE HAS BEEN TESTED AND FOUND RELIABLE. SO RULING IS A VICTORY WHICH AUGUSTED THE QUALITY IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH TO DETERMINE WHO IS SCREAMING IN THE BACKGROUND. THIS TYPE OF JUNK SCIENCE WOULD ONLY HAVE AFFECTED THE JURY. THE AUDIO CAN STILL BE PLAYED AT THE TRIAL WITHOUT THE EXPERT ANALYSIS, AND WITNESSES FAMILIAR WITH THEIR VOICES CAN BE CALLED TO THE STAND. HE SAYS HE BELIEVES THE JUDGE'S RULING WILL SHORTEN THE TRIAL, AND IT HAS TAKEN THEM 3, 4 DAYS TO GET THE EVIDENCE ON, AND THE DEFENSE WOULD HAVE HAD 4, 5 DAYS TO RESPOND TO IT. YES, WE'LL SEE WHAT IS LAID OUT AND THAT WILL GIVE US A GOOD INDICATOR ABOUT HOW MUCH HAS TO BE GONE THROUGH AND, OTHER THING, THIS PANEL OF ALL FEMALES. HE DOESN'T SEE MUCH SIGNIFICANCE, THE WOMEN SAID THEY WILL BE FAIR, AND IMPARTIAL, AND LISTEN TO EVIDENCE AND, NOT LET OUTSIDE PRESSURES AFFECT THEM. SO IF THEY FOLLOW THROUGH, THEY'LL DELIVER A VERDICT THAT IS PROPER. HIS OPINION, OKAY. THANK YOU. AND YOU CAN WATCH OPENING STATEMENTS LIVE ON "LOCAL 6" BEGINNING AT 9:00 A.M.

The ruling came following arguments and expert testimony from both sides about whether voice experts could tell who was screaming in the 911 call on the night Trayvon Martin was killed. The arguments happened during a Frye Hearing, which started back on June 8 but had to be carried over Thursday.

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The order does not prevent either side from playing the tapes to the jury and having other witnesses who know Martin's and Zimmerman's voice from saying whose voice they hear in the screams.

But, the judge ruled, the state experts will not be allowed.

"Reliable comparison of normal speech to the screams in the 911 call is not possible," Nelson wrote, accepting the opinions of four defense experts.

To be admissible under the so-called Frye standards, the techniques applied must be generally accepted in the scientific community. While the judge found the "aural perception and spectral analysis ... are sufficiently established to have gained general acceptance within the scientific community," she took exception to how they were applied in this case.

She said that application to short bursts of screaming in the background of a 911 call is "new and novel. There is no competent evidence that the scientific techniques of (state experts) ... have been tested and found reliable."

Nelson took particular aim at Dr. Alan Reich and "words that he claims to hear," such as Zimmerman saying "this shall be" and Martin saying, "I'm begging you." She notes no other witness claims to hear those words and defense experts called Reich's conclusions "ridiculous."

The defense also argued Reich suffered from "listener bias," reaching conclusions to support his preconceived notions.

"The court finds that Dr. Reich's testimony regarding the amplified tapes would confuse issues, mislead the jury and, therefore, should be excluded from trial," the judge concluded.

Opening statements begin on Monday and will be carried on Local 6 and ClickOrlando.com. Local 6 has learned attorney Don West will do the opening statements for Zimmerman's team.

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